Journey In Oils2

Updated December 16, 2011 - Click on thumbnail for larger image

The collection of original paintings and special/limited edition prints on this site has been divided into two catagories: Studio Paintings and Plein Air Paintings. The subject matter in this body of work is from places I have visited, from Texas to Georgia to Maine, as well as some western work.

Plein Air paintings are small paintings usually painted entirely on location in a couple of hours or so. Some plein air pieces have some final touches applied in the studio.

The Studio paintings are larger works painted in the studio, usually working with photographs as reference.

Works avaiblabe at Adobe Western Art Gallery in the Historic Fort Worth Stockyards and the Weiler House Fine Art Gallery in Handley (817-457-3343)

2011 News:

• November - Juried into the 2011 National Juried Art Show, Co-sponsored by Navarro Council of the Arts & Corsicana Art League

• October - Juried into the Rio Brazos Art Exhibition - a national juried art competition in Granbury, Texas.

• October thru December - Juried into the Seven State Biennial Exhibition - Selected Work will be displayed at the USAO Art Gallery From October 1 thru Nov. 7, and at the Goddard Center from November 15 thru Dec. 17.

• September 26 - October 27- 10th Annual Wildlife Art National Juried Competition - Won First Place in Pastels for "Out of the Blue"

• Two New Prints Available

Recent oil paintings of two of the landmark buildings in the Historic Stockyards in Fort Worth are now available in Giclee prints on canvas....read more!

Giclée prints on hi-quality paper or canvas are available for most of the paintings. Note cards are also available for most works as well.

To contact Steve Miller: steve@journeyinoils.com

Plein Air 2011

The Tractor Shed
Painting in the Applachian mountains
Spring, 2011

Pastel setup
Plein Air Pastels at the Paint
Historic Waxahachie Plein Air Event
May-June 2011

Campfire USA 2010

Below are a few pieces from the 2010 Camp Fire USA’s 3rd Annual Invitational Paint Out held at the beautiful Botanic Garden in Fort Worth, Texas.

12 x 9 Oil on Panel

For more paintings created during the 3 day Campfire Paint Out Event, click here!

Rattlesnakes and Terra Rosa

September, 2010, artist and friend Pete Quaid and I set out for Cap Rock State Park up in the panhandle of Texas. I had never been there and was pleasantly... Read More

Oil on canvas - 16 x 8

16 x 12 Oil on Panel

Spring in Nashville

Below are a few of the plein air pieces I painted this April, 2010 around Nashville, Tennessee.

Painting on the grounds of The Hermitage outside Nashville

Gardeners House
The Gardener's House - Oil on PanelThis was on the grounds of the Belle Meade Plantation.

Cheekwood Afternoon - Pastel. I stumbled across the Cheekwood Gardens one afternoon. Much stuff to paint there.

Dogwood Morning
Painted at Andrew Jackson's "Hermitage"

What is a Giclée?

Like the long standing European tradition of rendering one image at a time, these giclée images are printed one at a time on canvas. These unique prints capture even the most subtle tints and minute details of the original painting. Giclée prints render deep, saturated color which are as close to the original artwork as is possible.